Improved machine for cutting harness-leather



UNITED STATES JOHN WEHR, OF ROANOKE, INDIANA.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING HARNESS-LEATHER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,459, dated August 15, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.- y

Be it known that I. JOHN VVEHR, of Roanoke, in the county ot' Huntington and State of Indiana, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Cutting Filling for Raised or Rounded Harness; and l do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof,which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the saine, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,iorming part of this specification, in which- Figure lisa longitudinal vertical section of my invention, taken in the line :c x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section ot' the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists of a series ot bits placed in an adjustable frame and a series of guides placed in a yielding frame, the above parts being used in connection with a pressure-roller, and all arranged to admit ot' leather being out in roundedl form, to serve as filling for rounded or raised straps for harness.

A represents a rectangular frame, which is secured horizontally to a bench or any suitable support; and Bis an upright, secured to each G, and having secured to it a series of bits or cutters, b, of gouge form and of differentsizes. (See Fig.4 2.)

H represents an elastic plate, which serves as a yielding frame for a series of guides, c,

which correspond in size to the bits or cutters, and are in line with them.

The roller E is above the bits and guides, and the leather strip (shown iu red) to be cut is placed in a guide, c, theone switch, or corresponding to its width, and is drawn through by hand underneath the roller E and over the bit or cutter b, which is inline with the guide y of the guides e adjusting themselves to the` inequalities of the strip, causing it to be out ot' an equal or uniform thickness throughout. The frame F, by means ot' the set-screw G, may be adjusted higher or lower, as occasion may require.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The yielding guides c and the adjustable bits or cutters b,in combination with the pressureroller E, all arranged to operate substantially in the manner as `and for the purpose herein set forth.

JOHN WE HR.

Witnesses:

G. B. RIOHART, J. B. BRYsoN. 

